NovaXchange^® Tape Conversion Utility

NovaXchange Tape Processing Utility

Tape Handling, Data Management and Conversion Software

NovaXchange includes powerful tape handling and data management software utilities for Windows 98se / Me / NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 platforms, with the ability to transfer and manage all types of data and all kinds of SCSI tape drives between operating systems and different architectures.

Today’s diversified and constantly changing networking environment demands that network administrators be able to convert heterogeneous data types. Files and media constantly need to be read by newer systems and media solutions are constantly being upgraded for faster, cheaper alternatives. With NovaXchange file and media conversion for key upgrade applications become a snap.

NovaXchange is a powerful data processing utility that performs extensive data manipulation functions across multiple operating systems and media formats. Support for most tape devices enables NovaXchange to transfer and manage most types of data between Windows, mainframes, UNIX, and other operating systems and architectures. NovaXchange reads and writes various formats including Fixed Length, IBM or ANSI variable length and even undefined tape record formats. It can also read and write IBM or ANSI labeled or unlabeled tapes and translates EBCDIC to ASCII and ASCII to EBCDIC.

NovaXchange Key Features

Powerful Tape Processing

• Read and write IBM or ANSI format tapes
• Read and write labeled or unlabeled format tapes
• Read and write fixed or variable formats EBCDIC to ASCII Translations
• Convert Variable to Fixed Records
• Handle IBM DOS and OS/MVS Header
• Copy User Definable Translation Tables
• Display Hex values on screen
• Summarize data files on tape Menu or Command Line driven

Flexible Data Conversion

• Concatenate multiple files into a single file
• Select and extract data based on user defined conditions
• Supports Character Fields, Numeric Fields and String Data Save and re-use ASCII conversion command files
• Display Input/Output records
• Translate Byte per Byte, Pre-Defined Tables
• Utilize Boolean Functions
• Process up to 256K block sizes
• Process large files in small segments

Requirements

Hardware Requirements

• Pentium 4 or better
• 512 MB of RAM minimum
• 3 GB free hard drive available space on OS drive — Full installation size is approximately 300MB
• Internet Explorer 7.0 or higher, TCP/IP network

Supported Operating Systems

• Windows 98se
• Windows Me
• Windows NT 4.0
• Windows Server 2000
• Windows Server 2003
• Windows XP SP3 (32/64 Bit)

Supported Backup Devices and Media

• All Tape Drives